Example of Grouped Observations

Here's an example of what where we're headed for grouped observations (see COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT below). To be valid HL7, the enterer and datetime for data entry either need to move from the ORC to OBR segments or the ORC needs to be repeated for each OBR. --Burke 12:24, 9 August 2006 (EDT)

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Edit: I was asked to change it in the wiki so the ADT28 message reflects now my solution below.

Some issue I encountered during the patient creation using the ADT28 message above (after adjusting the header to my installation, dropping the PV, GT sections) was that the patient creation silently failed. I solved this problem by adding a third ^ to the corresponding segment in the PID block.

Perhaps the given ADT28 message indicates the "Old Identification Number" as a validation scheme instead of the assigning authority.

My final ADT28 message that creates a patient looks as follows (red text shows the fields that I changed for my setting):